| ¥ 20 PAGES | CE YEAR 80: No. 253. | THE MINERS MUST | MAKE NEXT MOVE Z KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1919. he Daily British hig [= 0 | 4 LAST EDITION. gE . In the Soft Gaal Sirk Before Goverment | ) ka i { & iy night last night according to reports, | Takes Further Action. BENT OF TH WALKOUT + 1S BEING AWARDED BY THE US. | GOVERNMENT Protection to Be Given Miners Who | 'Wish To Continue Work--Disor- | der To Be Put Down. (Canadian Press Despatch) Washington, Nov. 1.--The miners | must make the next move in the soft | coal strike, was the opinion {oday of the Government officials. The strike Was a reality today, even though the | directing heads of the United Mine Workers of America were restrained from activity by a Federal court in- junction, Government officials await- | ed reports 'as to the extent of the . walk out, for upon this information rested the future course of the Gov- ernment. Should reports show that any considerable number of miners desire to continue work, the Govern- ment was prepared to furnish them protection. Should disorders occur, the Government was ready with all the police powers at its disposal to put them down. But the Government's activities were not alone in the coal fields. Ma- ximum prices for bituminous coal for- mulated to meet war's necessities were again in effect. Priority of dis- | tribution based in part onthe war schedule was in operation. All steps to protect the miners who refused to 'heed the call of umion heads to pre- serve peace in the bituminous fields and to lessen in so far as possible the suffering of the public and disruption of industry, incident to such a strike, had been taken: Nothing more can be done by the Government, officials in- timated, until the way was shown by the strikers themselves. For that rea- son, officials were not prepared to discuss the Government's course oth- a er than has been outlined. 394,000 On' Strike, (Canadian Press Despatch) Chicago, Nov. 1.--Upward of 394,- 000 bituminous coal miners through- out the nation of a total of 615,000 men employed in that industry, to- day were on strike in response to ge- neral strike 1, effective at mid in some instances estimated, received by union leaders, Despite the general at Indianapolis i he sirike the leaders who generally stated they would disre- tard it, asserted that the, strike to- day would be extended to more than "500,000 miners. The exact strength of the walk out probably will not be nown until Monday. However, since fin many of the country's mines Satur- day has been recognized as at least half a holiday and work suspended altogether in others on Sundays. The mine operators early today had announced no plans for carrying on mining, despite the precautionary steps taken and promised by federal and different state governments. Nei- ther had they given out an estimate of the number of men on strike. Kentucky Affected. {Canadian Fress Despatch) 1 Madisonville, Ky., Nov. 1. -- Af- ected for the first time in ten years foe a strike of large magnitude, Ken- ~ tucky today was within the grasp of - & nation-wide strike of soft coal min- ars, which went into effect last mid- night. Approximately 10.000 miners of the State had joined the walk-out early to-day, according to union of- flcers, who predicted that several thousand additional men would quit before Monday. (Canadian Press Despatch) Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 1.--Approx- imately 42,000 miners in the Pitts- 'burgh district went on strike today in response to the order of the Unit- od Mine Workers of America, ac- to officers of distriet No. 5, the organization. The number re- presents practically ome hundred per cent. of the coal production of west- ern Pennsylvania. 3 IMlinois Miners Respond. qorwRdseq Sheu un pun) jpringfield, Ill, Nov. 1.-- Early pns today were that the 80,- Soft coal miners in Illinois re- ded almost unanimously to the .ealled, effective at midnight The machinery 'was at almost all of the mines to work at the usual hour this » and the whistles sounded k today" signal, but there Unions" headquarters at reported that 371,000 en USED AN EXPLOSIVE TO END THEIR LIVES (Canadian Press Despatoh.) Chateau Thierry, France, Nov. ve pounds of mel- anite, set off by a detonater, was | the method employed by Adrien i Thumere! and his sweetheart to { end helr here to-day. Thumerel, an employee of the | explosives depot at Mezy, near | dere, was charged with the theft of hams from stores destined for War prisoners, and was {to appear in court to-morrow to answer the charge. He is said to have de- cided upon suicide. The melan- ite was made ready in a shack where Thumerel and his sweet- heart met. The explosion, which followed, was heard for miles and destroyed property within @ radius of one hundred yards. MAN AND SWEETHEART | lives : t i : : i "RED" REVOLUTION ORATORY IN FRANCE 'Speaker Says He Has One Hun- dred Men Ready to Seize Parliament. {| Paris, Nov. 1---Heavy pressure is being brought to bear by syndicalist leaders upon railwaymen to endeavor {to induce them to join the movement for a revolutionary general strike, Nov. 7. Revolutionary orators, at a meeting of the Federation of Syndi- calists Thursday called upon the rail- {Toad men to demand an increase in wages of 1,000 francs, not, as Citizen! {Sirolle admitted, with the idea of | {gaining this, but with the sole object | of creating difficulties by the failure! {to obtain their demands. | BRailwaymen, brakemen and switeh- | {IS {cally placed at his disposal. HEARST RETIRING FROM POLITICS Defeated Premicr Refuses to Take a Safe Conservative Seat. HON. G. HOWARD FERGUSON TEMPORARY LEADER OF CONSERVATIVE OPPOSITION. Hearst May Get a Judgeship-->Mon- day Expected to Be a Big Day in the Ontario Provincial Sitaation. {Canadian Press Despatch) Toronto, Nov. 1.--S8uccessful and | defeated Conservative candidates at the last Ontario provincial elections met in conference in the reception room at the Parliament yesterday afternoon. Sir William Hearst presided. The outstanding business done was the decision to hold a Conservative convention after the first session of the legislature and | the appointment of Hon. G. Howard Ferguson as'temporary leader of the Conservation opposition. The meeting also drew from Sir William Hearst the declaration that he was through with political life, despite the fact that two fairly safe Conservative seats had been practi- It was breezed around that he might get a judgeship in the supreme court. There 1s stil no official announce- ment of th& resignation of the Hearst Government, and no word has come from Premier-elect Charles Ernest Drury since he retired to his farm up jmen had asked for a Salary of 3,300; Simcoe County on Friday night. {francs and from all indications it| {seemed that the demand would be | {granted. M. Sirolle; therefore pro-| { posed that they should ask for 4,300 { francs, a thousand francs more, be-| jcause "the comrades must be kept | ihusy with claims for increased wag-| jes." Continuing, Citizen Sirolle! jcited as an example the fact that the {Russian revolution was brought about | iby 100 sailors who seized the Parlia-! {ment Buildings and said that the] jrailwaymen must aet in a similar] {manner. "I have my hundred men] iready," said M. Sirolle. | i It was decided that work should! istop completely on all railroads on! {November 7th, at 8 pm. "It we! idon't," said M. Sirolle, "the majori-| ity will never accomplish anything. | {We must give the signal and try to! {get a minority to lead the Majority. } |THE KAISER IS FREE TO GO TO HIS HOME| : oaks voy OU Th 'He and His Son Guarded For { Persona] Safely, Not Against i ir Escape. i { The Hague, Nov. 1.---Regarding | questions asked by Harmsworth in| the British Parliament as to what! measures had been taken by the! Dutch Government to guard the ex-| Kaiser and the ex-Crown Prince, or| prevent them from leaving Holland, ! 1 am officially informed by a repre-| sentative of the Netherlands Govern. ment thai no measures have been or| will be taken, as the two ex-Royal-| ties are considered entirely free tol leave this country when they choose, | and that any measures taken in| Euarding these two personages are! only with a view to their own person- | al safety, and are moreover paid for by the ex-Royalties. I was more- over, informed that the associated Governments have no right to fusist | on the Netherlands Government pre-| venting the ex-Kaiser or ex-Crown| Prince from leaving the country. { As already cabled, I am now offici- | ally dnformed that | Prince is entirely free to leave the| jisland and to live where he wishes in Holland. One of the difficulties in his taking a house, as he intended doing, way that of the expense of ar- ranging for sufficient guards for his personal safety, as there are already a scarcity of policed for the frontiers. The ex-Crown Prince is now expect- ed to stay on the isiand until he returns to Germany, which will prob- bly be yoon. AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY For Women Discussed at Labor Con- {C a erase) an ess pat 'Washington, Nov. 1.--A resolution favoring an eight-hour law for em- ployed women of the world was be- fore the International Congress of Working Women at to-day's session. In opening the discussion of eight-hour day, Madame Marie Ma- jereva, an alderman of the City of 'Prague, declared there must be no shackles on the modern Eve. She itual mother of a freed and a just generation of human beings. ------------ Police Cells. Unsanitary | Windsor, Nov. 1.--legal ' ings may be instituted fr Aer condi icity of Windsor for maintaining. a public nuisance unless sanitary a menace to the health munity, and thet members Police Departm od because they are b prevent exposing themselves, ~ St ---------- powerless to | It is expected that Monday will be a day of great doings in the Ontari provincial situation. SEVERAL SIGNS POINT : TO A MILD WIINTER Thin Skin on Animals; Small Hoard of Nuts; Berries, Robins, Mushrooms. Bridgeburg, Nov. 1.---Goose-bone prophets in this. section maintain that we are in for a mild winter, The following are the signs which seers in this district declare indicate the coming of a mild season in place of ye olde tyme Canadian winter. The first, of course, is the skin on animals, which is declared to be very thin this fall; the second is the small supply of nuts which the squirrels are gathering in the adjacent woods; and the third is the fact that one farmer in the vieinity of Crystal ttrawberries-om his patch are preparing for a second crop. Another sign is the fact that the robins are still plentiful, and an additional and convincing one is the fact that mushrooms are still grow- ing in the soll, good luck greeting hunters of that delicacy daily. 50 MILES AN HOUR TO BE AT FUNERAL A Away Hopes to Arrive There Sunday. Tarrytdwa, Nov. 1.--Arthur See, son of John P. See of this village, is driving 3,000 miles to attend his {father's funeral. People have en- the Opposition for proposing a com- gaged special trains for such occasi- ons, but it is probably the first time in this country that temnted to drive 3,000 miles by aptc mobile. See is a garage owner in Ely, I» vada. His father died Monday morn- ing, and word was wired to him. replied that he was starting at once by automobile, and expected to reach Tarrytown by Sunday morning. He will have to average nearly 50 miles an hour to do it. He is bringing his wife and child with him. See was an old Maxwell driver, and drove in one of the Van- derbilt cup races. Funeral services have been put off till Sunday after noon to give hime time to reach here. He is coming by way of St. Louis, through Illinois and Indiana to Buf- falo, 4nd then across the State and down Hudson. must be thoroughly healthy, a spire in Buildings Nevada Man 3,000 Miles . a man has at-| MAY OPEN CAMP IN ENGLAND |Wil Be to Taks Care of Ex- { Soldiers Who Have No Employment. |cANADA i -- The Canadian | Government will probably receive representations soon urging the | opening of a camp here for a very | limited period for soldiers who took | | their discharge here and now find | { themselves workless. | London, Nov. 1. It will also be represented that, | although these men have now abso- { lutely no legal claim for repatriation {it will be wiser to grant this con- | cession. Before this is done, Low- | ever, it is urged that some organi- { zation in Canada must be prepared { to look after them on arrival, other-. wise their condition in Canada will be as bad as it is here. There is no reliable data concern- ing the numbers to be dealt with, if such a course were adopted. One party professing especial knowledge on the subject named a figure, which on inquiry, proved | larger than the total Canadians de- mobilized here. Careful inguiry shows that a cer- tain proportien of the men took their discharge here recklessly, while another proportion took "their dis! chargé because. they found good | { Jobs, which have now been ' turned | | over to demobilized Imperials. Eng- { lish girls, married to Canadians, too. | | had not a little to do with creating | the present problem. {| The President of the Board of | Trade recently estimated that a mil- { lion Imperials would be workless in | | England this winter. ! } : i { THE GIR. BILL i } 15 HELD UP By An Amendment introduced Into Con: wos by fa. V. 5. Fioing. | THE DEBATE IS ADJOURNED UNTIL MONDAY FOR THE THIRD | READING OF BILL. | Mr. Fielding Asks For More Investi- | gation; as He Claims the Wisest | Men of the Country Are Divided { Over the Matter--A Tariff Com- | mission. (C&nadisn Press Despatch) i 3 wa, Nev. 1 amendment | by Hon. W. fi Fielding to the third | TEadTEE Of the Grand ™ Trunk mmm summarizing the Opposition's objec { tions to the measure, and calling for | i jan Inquiry into the whole matter by | a commission, was a stumbling | block dn the way of a formal third reading of the bill in the Commons | yesterday. The debate lasted until | well into the evening, and Was then | adjourned until Monday, when it is expected that this and other amend- ments will be disposed of, and the | bill given a third reading. . | Mr. Fielding and other Opposition | members again asserted that the wis- | est men in the country were divided on the question and that the Govern: | ment was not justified in putting the | {bill through the House without in- | vestigation. Hon. Arthur Meighen criticized {mission in view of the Liberal cen- {sure of the Government for naming so many commissions in th% past. T. A. Vien asked when the Govern- ment proposed to appoint a commis- sion to investigate the tariff. The leader of the Government replied that this commission would be ap- pointed at some convenient time. Chinese Cut. Pekin, Nov. 1.--The keenest in- terest has been aroused by the action of Parliament in making a budget reduction on the military expendi- tures from two hundred million dol- lars. to one hundred and sixty million dollars, as it is uncertain whether the Tuchuns will comply. General Nishi Chang Tushun, of Ansui, advocates the reduction and exchanging tele- grams on this Subject with other Tu- chuns, recommending an immediate thirty per cent. reduction. The National Civil Service exam- inations on modern subjects which were established at the end of the Manchu Sraasty have been revived after a lapse of many years, ere are over five thousand candidates. This action on the part of the Presi- dent will tend to check increasing nepotism. { avoidance of it impossible, { Government is undertaking an au- jtumn campaign throughout the coun- | MASERS TRAL 5 DISCUSSED No Wave of Feeling Against It In England Says Bonar Law. CARRY OUT PEACE TREATY WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE | TRIAL OF WILHELM The London Times Says the Govern- | ment Is Undertaking An Autumn | Campaign to Regain Lost Prestige. London, Nov. 1.--In the House of | Commons yesterday, Major Lane-Fox | asked the Premier if he was aware | that there was a growing feeling | throughout the country against | bringing the ex-Kaiser to trial and in | favor of leaving him to the punish- | ment of his own conscience and. the | contempt of the world. He asked if | the Government would submit the matter to a vote in the House before | carrying out this provision of the| peace treaty, or whether the provis ion was so binding as to render suc | Bonar Law replied that he was not | aware of any wave of feeling against | the trial. The Government saw no i reason why this provision of the] peace treaty, which had been approv- | ed by the Jgouse, should not be car- | the { | ried out. The Times also states that try to endeavor to regain lost pres- tige. Two hundred mass meetings | have been arranged for the next cou- | ple of weeks, and especially in the | industrial centres. The final meeting | will be held in London and will be | addressed by the Premier and Bonar | Law. PLAN TO BLOCKADE BELLE ISLE STRAITS Considered by Newfoundland ---Would Improve Climate of Seaboard. Lndon, Nov. 1.--A line of fast steamers will shortly be running fortnightly from New York to Liver- pool, which 'will call at St. John's, Newfoundland, and Halifax, says a statement by Sir Edgar Bowring, High Commissioner for Newfoundland, who has just returned to London. He ad- ded that Newfoundland was expect: ing help from the Imperial Govern- ment in the direction of more rapid tain, Newfoundland was co i a proposal, recently broached in Can- ada, for blocking the Straits of Belle Isle to make winter navigation in the Gulf practicable and improve the climate of the eastern sedboard of Canada and Newfoundland. ELECTIONS IN Us! Five States Will Elect Governors on Tuesday Next, (Canadian Press Despatch) New York, Nov. 1.--Jive states, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Mary- land, Kentucky and Mississippl' will elect governors at the "off year" el- | ections to be held next Tuesday, Nov- | ember 4th, New York will elect as- seinbly men. Prohibition is the chief issue in the Ohio elections where the voters will be called upon to vote on two ,amendments and two referen- dums .on the subject. Referendums relate to legislative ratification of the federal prohibition amendment and the prohibition enforcement act pas- sed by the last legislature. Voters of Kentucky will also vote on the ques- tion of state-wide prohibition. Massachusetts, New Jersey, Virgi- nia, Kentucky and Maryland will el- ect new members to the legislative branches. k A GOVERNMENT TRIUMPH In the Financial Debate In the Bri- tish (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Nov. 1.--The press today is unanimous in acknowledging that the Government scored a triumph in the financial debate. Even the Daily News, the most severe critic of the Government, admits that thé prem- ler's speech was a great oratorical Sunday, was granted permission to celve the gift. KILLS HIS BROTHER IN AN AUTOMOBILE (Canadian, Press Despatch) St. Louis, Nov, 1.--Walter Ballman, a wealthy lumber man of this city, shot and killed his brother Leonard, a salesman, | and then ended his own life by | firing a bullet into his head while riding in an automobile last night. The chauffeur told the police the brothers had been | quarreling and that Leonard threatened the life of Walter, i CONSTERNATION AT : BRITISH ATTITUDE It Is Feared That Withdrawal of Troops Will Create Acute Situation. London, Nov. 1.--The proposed | withdrawal of British troops from| Syria is asserted by those well in- formed, to have caused something! akin to consternation among even those advocating it. Now that the! British have unexpectedly acquiesced | it is brought forcibly to the atten- tion that they have been the buffer! between foreigners and the natives | and that the withdrawal will create a situation which might easily be-| come acute, unless delicately hand-| led. The British withdrawal does not ean that they have abandoned {their attitude regarding the disposi-| tion of Syria, it asserted, but has! been ordered so that the tension may be relieved. i The British made promises to the! King of the Hedjaz early in the war which they feel bound to support | as far as possible, although these! Agreements made under the stress) of war, perhaps conflict with the! desires of some of the Allies. It is believed that Great Britain will a-| dopt an attitude of trying to balance! the scale between the Hedjaz and] the opponents of Arabian control in! Syria. | It is pointed out that nothing can | be settled until the Turkish treaty! is signed, and the United States has announced the part she will play re- garding Armenia. SHIPOWNERS CANNOT GRANT DEMANDS MADE Negotiations Fail in New York Strike--Ships Use Other Ports : New York Nov. 1.--Refusing al comprimise offer presented by strik-| ing longshoremen for 85 cents an hour with $1.26 for overtime, repre-| sentatives of the ship-owners last] night informed a committéee of the| strikers that they are without power | to -grant-any-demands --athér those allowed in the ward tional adjustment commission of 70c | Hour: T ho mittee was also informed, according to one of its members, that the shipowners would not deal with Richard Butler, leade: of the strikers = + =» | T. V. O'ConnoP, President of the International Longshoremen's Asso-| ciation, and John F. Riley, chairman | of the strike committee, attended the! session but did not participate in the! negotiations. i A movement to transfer to other) ports cargo-laden ships that have! been tled up here by the longshore- men's strike, was indicated today by application to port officials for nec- essary government authority to do 50. The Italian steamer Taormina, which arrived here from Genoa last proceed to Baltimore to discharge. Applications to several other ships are pending. ------------ 12,000 APPLY FOR AfD Rush of French Families Seeking . 25,000 Franc Grant. Paris, Nov. 1.--Twelve thousand French families have applied for the rant of 25,000 francs from the Great Fund established by Theo dore Cognacq, the French million- are philanthropist, to assist families of nine children or more from the same parents. Ninety grants are to be made yearly from the Cognacqg fund of 50,000,000 francs, which was recently turned over to the French Academy of Medicine for this purpose. The money, which is to €0 not necessarily to the poorest families, but to the most deserving, i8 to be used to pay ror the tuitioh of the children or to establish them in trades. 1 The French Academy of Medicine is meeting to investigate the various applications and to decide which families are most deserving to re- AID FOR GERMAN FIRMS | terms. SONEnT of the na-| 10 SEVERELY PUNISH TRIBES Who Have Been Implicated in the India Border Revolt. AN AGRAL_ BONBARDAEN DECIDED UPON BY THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT. { The Tribesmen Will Be Given Time to Remove Women and Children Then They Will "Be Heavily Bombed. Simla, India, Nov. 1~Owing te the hostility of Waziris and Mahsuds during end since the Afghanistan trouble, it has become necessary to adopt measures to prevent continued attacks on British posts and CONVOYS, and raids into British territory, Representatives of these tribes arg being summoned to hear the British In the event of their non- compHance with the terms they will be given time to remove women and children, and will then be subjected to a period of intense aerial boms« bardment, which will be followed by other punitive measures against sec< tions of the tribes ¥mpHlcated in the recent outrages. > Six dnfantry brigades, as well af cavalry and artillery, commanded by Major-General Olimo, are being em: ployed. The warlike activities of the Wardri and Mabsud tribesmen along the North-West Indéan frontier, which has drewm an ultimatum from the British, are an outgrowth of the warfare in Afghanistan. As a result of the Afghan attacks last spring, the British were forced to withdraw | their military posts from Waziristan, tribal territory between British In- dia and Afghanistan. These posts were never rébocupied," and the sav- {age tribesmen, who had been kept in order by tha presence of the { British, have carried out raids into British territory. ' The Indian Gov ernment, therefore proposes to take punitive measures unless the tribes- men submit to the terms of ihe ulti matum. LABOR IS STRONG FOR THE COALITIO TR A Sn Ee - The LL.P-U.F.0- Union En dorsed--Rollo Says Two net. : Hamilton, Nov. 1.-- Labor is heart nd soul with the 1LLP-UFO. coalitio® government, and any criti. cism that rises against the joint party will come froth the ranks of the farm- ers, according to Walter R. Rollo, M.L.A -elect for West Hamilton, and the LL.P, candidate, who will likely be minister of labor in the new gov- ernment. Mr. Rollo made the definite state- ment that labor would have two porte folios in the new cabinet, one of which would be minister of labor, but the second was stil a matter of con- Jecture. Regarding the selection of B OJ Drury as premier of the new group, Mr. Rollo was very enthusiastic over the appointment. He stated that Mr. Drury locked to be one of the big« gest mien in the U.F.0. party and that to have gone outside for a premiers would have given the suggestion that! there was already a weakness in the farmers' organization. : The eight-hour day and the min~ imum wage questions, outstanding planks in the LL.P. platform and prominent snags in the path of the U.F.0.,, would, in the opinion of Mr. Rollo. necessitate a thoro investiga- tion in the near future, before a set- tilement could be definitely reached on both points. Living conditions, production and other vital matters would have to be joint party, Mr. Rollo stated. -------------- URGES A PERMANENT OVERSEAS MINISTER General MacBrien Thinks Should Have Trade ke He Military Attaches. Nov. 1 te Gas. ov. 1. many com the impure quality of gas hed Gal RT A rh RSL gone into by the A sy